The Logistics of Logistics

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Borderless Coverage was acquired by Reliance Partners in February 2021. While Mark was getting Borderless off the ground, he was on the leadership team at Sedlak Supply Chain Consultants where he worked with 3PLs and shippers to optimize their distribution network, technology, and processes including TMS and WMS selection and implementation.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 4, 2021

In this article, the main hyped, promising, and solid solutions but widely adopted technologies in supply chain management are discussed. It includes visibility to how events across the extended supply chain will impact the ability to fulfill orders to customers. But we can’t document the ROI or other benefits at this point.

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Morai Logistics

DECEMBER 24, 2020

After such a hectic and transformative year for the supply chain, 2021 is finally around the corner—here are the biggest trends to keep an eye on going forward. In a landscape altered by such a global event, which is still actively impacting the running of supply chains today, the changes are going to continue going into next year.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MAY 17, 2022

Courney is a Strategic Event Executive and the Chief Corporate Development Officer and President of Manifest at Connectiv, a live event studio based in NYC. Connectiv produces world-class industry leading events that focus on disruptive technology. We are a private live event studio. Anyway, it was a great event.

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Ship Monk

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

While we can’t predict what 2021 will have in store, we can keep you informed about one of the biggest holidays worldwide… the Chinese New Year! If you outsource any part of your business to China, consider this article a must-read. In 2021, the Chinese New Year will take place on Friday, February 12. P.S. Liked this article?

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Sabinext

JANUARY 15, 2021

Here are the supply chain priorities on my 2021 agenda. The Covid-19 pandemic has served as a pivotal event in this, accelerating our need for digital readiness, resilience, and agility. Six Supply Chain Priorities for 2021. The Future of Supply Chains: 2021 has lots in store for us. What’s on top of your 2021 agenda?

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 8, 2022

At that time, I wrote about the COVID pandemic, and how similar events occur that elevate the uncertainty of the market. These events make accurate forecasting very difficult. Review of Prior Impactful Events. Well, here we are just two years later in another highly unusual market context. somewhat close.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Recent events have elevated supply chain to a top priority for CEOs across the globe. The Conference Board ( conference-board.org ), a well-known, global business membership organization, conducted its C-SUITE OUTLOOK survey in the fall of 2021. and warehouse and fulfillment resilience approaches.

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Trinity Logistics

JULY 19, 2024

While it is not approaching the levels seen in 2021, the volume index is quickly approaching levels seen in 2022. In 2021, rejection rates hovered in the 20-30 percent range. Certainly, there is still work to be done, short- and long-term, but the Baltimore area appears to have powered through an unfortunate event.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 15, 2021

In my Logistics Viewpoints article in January 2021, “ The New Definition of Supply Chain Agility and Resilience in an Unpredictable World ”, I highlighted that modern supply chains must be built on a foundation of extreme agility and responsiveness. The Key to Long-Term Success: Build Agility, Resilience and Profitability Together.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 10, 2024

Just last week, my colleague Clint Reiser wrote an article about the top logistics and supply chain conferences to attend in 2024. 2021 was the trough with in-person events severely limited. Last year brought in a revival of events, but with a few still either provided virtually or postponed for one more year.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 11, 2022

This article is from Audrey Dong, from KNAPP , and looks at e-commerce in China and the impact of Singles Day. trillion in 2021 to $3.0 Moreover, the 2021 Double 11 Festival was the largest to date, with over $139 billion of sales generated in major E-commerce platforms like Tmall and JD.com. trillion in 2024. 1-3 and Nov.11.

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Blue Grace Logistics

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Preparedness, communication key to mitigating the effects of a weather event on fleets and maximizing opportunity. Sep 9, 2021. Click here to read the entire article at CCJ. CCJ Digital. Jason Cannon, CCJ Chief Editor. Hurricanes surprise very few people. To read the entire blog visit BlueGrace Logistics.

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MTS Logistics

DECEMBER 7, 2022

While last year, for our 20th anniversary, our holiday event felt like the beginning of life after Covid, this year, everything felt back to normal just like before Covid. 2022 saw another volatile year for shipping following the 2021 and 2020 unique scenarios that led to the ongoing supply chain crisis. A great time was had by all.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

If 2020 and if 2021 proved anything, it’s that the omni-channel selling environment is here to stay. According to a recent article in Forbes , 48% of consumers today prefer a hybrid shopping model that combines online and in-store components. of all e-commerce sales in the US during 2021.

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Trinity Logistics

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Many have commented that market balance will be driven more by carrier attrition versus an event that spurs freight volumes. Volumes were still elevated (certainly not like we saw in 2021) and capacity was inline. 2022 was a pretty good year from an industry standpoint. Figure 1.1 Stay Up To dAte Looking for a more frequent update?

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3PL Insights

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

This article shares details on the Truck Tonnage Index, how the data reflects the overall economy, and other ways to interpret the data. The tonnage index for July 2021 was 109.8, The most recent report in July 2021, shows a slight decrease in tonnage of 1.2% which marked the first year-over-year drop since March 2021.

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Kanban Logistics

JANUARY 12, 2021

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and its effects on the logistics industry are still being felt as we enter 2021. In this article, we’ll look at some of the ways 3PL warehouse companies can help take the warehousing burden off of you and support your company’s growth in 2021 and beyond. in Q2 from 14.8% in Q1 of 2020.

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Trinity Logistics

MARCH 15, 2024

I certainly do not expect that we will return to freight volumes like we saw in 2021, and part of 2022. Now, I will never say never, but those were most likely once in a lifetime events. WILL 2024 BE A FREIGHT REBOUND YEAR? First, let’s talk about rates for over-the-road (OTR) carriers.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 27, 2021

In my Logistics Viewpoints article in April 2021, Building Profitability with Agility while Digitally Transforming the Supply Chain , I mentioned that we will continue to explore here the concrete steps in the digital journey and examples of determination from the top in addition to logistics operations. and Unnu, Kaan. [2]

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LabelMaster

JULY 8, 2021

One of the most popular presentations at the 2021 Dangerous Goods Symposium might be delivered by someone with no Dangerous Goods experience. The post 2021 DG Symposium speaker Laura Denk: How trainers can be more convincing appeared first on Labelmaster Blog.

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Turvo

OCTOBER 21, 2021

What’s in the article: This blog covers the following topics : How the price rise has impacted businesses during the pandemic . Probable events that will lead to a downfall in freight prices. For comparison, the prices stood at just under $11,000 for a similar container in the last week of July 2021.

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MTS Logistics

AUGUST 9, 2021

Factors such as a slowdown in international trade, sanctions, natural disasters and weather events, regulatory measures and changes in fuel prices have an impact on the world economy and global demand for seaborne transport. As we announced in a recent article, carriers are boosting their revenues by implementing “creative” surcharges.

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Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

APRIL 6, 2021

This article introduce 10 Logistic Companies that have applied innovation in their procesess, products or services, to provide solutions during 2020 -a challenging year even for innovators- and at the same time, gives interesting examples of how logistics can be applied in a wide variety of industries in different stages of the value chain.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

A year before, in 2014, a Harvard Business Review article pointed out that supply chains were becoming increasingly global and complex and consequently more at risk than before. In 2021 we find governments and organizations now grappling with these predictions and how best to deal with the outcomes of these predictions.

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MTS Logistics

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

In 2021, I wrote an article about climate change and its effects on logistic sector after Hurricane Ida hit Louisiana. When we face decreasing or increasing water levels, extraordinary natural events, and disasters, these connections can quickly break. Within two years, we haven’t seen significant changes.

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Morai Logistics

MARCH 10, 2021

This article by Morai Logistics covers several of the most significant factors that are influencing supply chain management today. As a Forbes article on supply chain megatrends outlines, Manufacturing automation…is making it easier to create many, many more product variants. The Ecommerce Boom.

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Blue Grace Logistics

JULY 20, 2021

Published July 16, 2021. These agreements should include measurable expectations while leaving enough room for flexibility and agility on both sides in the event of extreme market disruptions like those seen over the course of the coronavirus pandemic. View the full articl e by Ashley Coker | FreightWaves.

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Blue Grace Logistics

JULY 20, 2021

Published July 16, 2021. These agreements should include measurable expectations while leaving enough room for flexibility and agility on both sides in the event of extreme market disruptions like those seen over the course of the coronavirus pandemic. View the full articl e by Ashley Coker | FreightWaves.

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Blue Grace Logistics

JUNE 15, 2021

Published June 14, 2021. Now, those shippers are finding a strong economic recovery in 2021 poses new challenges that often create more supply chain disruption. . Mark Ford , chief operating officer for 3PL BlueGrace Logistics, said the market in 2021 has been “just all over the place. View the full article by William B.

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Blue Grace Logistics

OCTOBER 11, 2024

But you start stacking these events on each other—you add in another hurricane and there’s a few other things from seasonality going on—those issues compound themselves, and it creates additional disruption within the supply chain space,” Williford said. READ THE FULL ARTICLE “We didn’t see a ton of disruption from the port strike.

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Turvo

OCTOBER 5, 2021

What’s in this article : A crisis that is affecting the world economy – record-high shipping rates. The global transportation system in 2021 is experiencing a unique and unexpected crisis. The extraordinary cascade of events triggered by the pandemic led to a severe container shortage. What happened to the containers?

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MTS Logistics

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Shipping industry stakeholders have faced many of these events, and they have changed the shipping industry irrevocably, for good. One event after another pushed the overall supply chain to its limits. As mentioned in my previous articles, ocean carriers have learnt to manage capacity very well by the means of blank sailings.

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Envase Technologies

JANUARY 31, 2022

Check out the full article from IANA’s Intermodal Insights. Read the Article. Looking Back at 2021 and Ahead to 2022 in Intermodal Trucking. Getting to and from school events, sports, work, and Starbucks would be a breeze!’ Never Pay Retail Fuel Prices Again! Watch the Video. ’ Read the Full Interview.

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Envase Technologies

JANUARY 31, 2022

Check out the full article from IANA’s Intermodal Insights. Read the Article. Looking Back at 2021 and Ahead to 2022 in Intermodal Trucking. Getting to and from school events, sports, work, and Starbucks would be a breeze!’ Never Pay Retail Fuel Prices Again! Watch the Video. ’ Read the Full Interview.

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Blue Grace Logistics

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Actionable advice from 2021 Top Companies for Women to Work For in Transportation. Oct 29, 2021. In 2021, we’ve been focusing on strengthening this culture of inclusion, mitigating bias and fostering a diverse employee community through several initiatives,” said Sunita Solao, vice president of people at Convoy. FreightWaves.

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Logistics Bureau

DECEMBER 6, 2021

The years 2020 and 2021 have not been easy for any company engaged in shipping containerised freight internationally. To further compound the issue, some costs are incurred only in the event of problems arising at the ports of loading or discharge and are impossible to foresee when booking a shipment.

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